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Affable and cute, Griff, the ultimate at boy, spends a hot night wh at brother Pete, who liv off-mp. But he n't face the notn--and rponsibily--that he's gay, still ntug a flirtat affair wh Gretchen, a fetchg sorory girl who don't exce him much.

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DEFYG GRAVY: A REVIEW OF ROSS GAY’S BE HOLDG

A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. * defying gravity gay film *

A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. ) Even when the actn moved beyond the suffotg atmosphere of the at hoe and the tailgate party -- the evotn of said atmosphere beg the first sign, perhaps, that wrer-director John Keel knew what he was dog after all -- I had the uneasy feelg I was watchg yet another well-tentned pat-by-numbers Afterschool Special about g out, pecially when the evable clichéd gay-bashg (right down to the baseball bats) took that is precisely when `Defyg Gravy' begs to take an unexpected turn, gatherg momentum when you least expect .

What lifts this above most other movi, and certaly many gay-themed flicks, is how squarely and unapologetilly addrs and picts love s many forms. (Why is any gay-themed movie wh sympathetic straight characters rid as fantasy?

This is an tertg ltle film that als wh the two greatt fears of any gay person -- g out and gettg the macho rual of a llege aterny, Griff has to change pronouns so that he n hi the fact that he is gay and his date is a "he" stead of a "she.

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Pete is trated bee Griff won't allow anyone to know that he and Pete are gay lovers.

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The pa they are both gog through turns to crisis when Pete is gay-bashed and Griff knows somethg about the crime but is aaid to tell what he knows bee that would volve his g an pennt film that was quickly ma, the story shows real pth. Pete even gets Griff to meet him at a gay ffeehoe.

Then the gaybashg cint that chang guys this movie are handsome and believable.

The gaybashg is an ovesed plot vice, but works to make this to a poignant movie about the dilemmas faced by gays who want to f , don't want to risk beg open, yet need affectn along wh sex om another man.

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